Not a typo, but amusing all the same and something which would probably be edited differently nowadays. From "The 39 Steps" by John Buchan: "Then began an unholy row. They were all on me at once, and the policeman took me in the rear. I got in one or two good blows, for I think, with fair play, I could have licked the lot of them..."

There were some good bits like that in Stand By For Mars, a book for boys from the fifties. For example: "There was a long moment of silence while Strong lifted one knee, swung it over the arm of his chair, and looked steadily at the two half-naked boys in front of him. He smiled lazily."

Not a typo, but if we're going back to schooldays, a boy in my form claimed that the English teacher had described his writing as 'erotic'. On further investigation, it turned out that what she'd actually written was 'erratic'.

Just stumbled across this on the First Eastern Counties website:-

First has produced and presented a "quality charter"pledging - and detailing - improvements to bus passengers in Norwich and Norfolk.

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